Monday, May 23, 2011

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day is Here!

The Giveaway is now closed. I will be posting the winners as soon as they have been contacted. Thanks to everyone who left such kind comments, I hope to see you all again soon.

Happy Giveaway Day! I am sure you are visiting a lot of new crafty blogs today, so thank you very much for stopping by Tiny Apartment Crafts. I am giving away 2 handmade clutches, each with a matching SLR camera strap and a fabric flower pin. Anybody can enter, this giveaway is open to international entries. Winners will be chosen from the comments by random number generator at the end of the day on May 25th and contacted by email as soon as possible. There are no hoops to jump through, but please follow the entry instructions at the bottom of this post carefully so that you don't miss out on your chance to win.

This giveaway was organized by the wonderful people at Sew Mama Sew; click the giveaway button on my sidebar to see a complete list of all the participants.

The clutches were made using the adorable Pocket Clutch pattern from Keyka Lou. I adore her patterns, the unique shapes and the detailed instructions that always work out perfectly. If you are interested in sewing up one of these clutches for yourself, Milky Robot has a 20% discount code here good until May 27! The outside of the clutch is blue and white cotton ticking, decorated with a removable rolled fabric flower pin. I found a cute tutorial for this flower at My Sparkle.

The inside of the clutch has 2 generous pockets and is lined with some of my favourite Joel Dewberry Modern Meadow print (I even used this print to make my blog banner!). I used a small gold coloured magnetic snap closure, which holds everything very securely. The body of the clutch is double lined with both sew-in woven interfacing and cotton batting so it is very sturdy and holds its shape.

The camera straps are based on a pattern I made from the original Canon strap which came with my Rebel XTi. The cotton strap is 23 inches long and about 1.5 inches wide, quilted with a layer of cotton batting so that is it soft and comfortable. The nylon webbing is 13 inches long and a standard 3/8" width that should fit most SLR-type cameras. To use, just remove the original locking sliders from your old camera strap, slide them onto the new strap and adjust the strap to fit. They are very secure, and the real leather ends have been both glued and stitched in place so that they won't come apart.

If you are interested in making your own custom camera strap, please check out my previous post for more detailed instructions.

Thanks again for visiting and good luck!

PS: Canada Post seems to be threatening to strike on Tuesday May 24th. What terrible timing! If that happens, and it isn't resolved by May 30th, I will contact the winners to let them know of the delay in mailing their goodies. I might also add a little something to their packages to make up for the wait, and I might have a third wild card draw for a surprise gift when the strike ends (if it even happens). So who knows, maybe this unfortunate turn of events could get you an extra present in the mail :)

Are you serious about Canada Post? Obviously I do a terrible job at keeping up with the news if I had no clue about that. I'm the next province over from you....let's hope there is no strike, that would be a super sad day for me, I love getting post.

Ohhh...I love everything Modern Meadow....these are great prizes! Since I don't have a fancy camera, I would gift the strap to my SIL...or I would just hang it up somewhere & look at it....maybe that for a while & then the other ;)

I love the detail of the matching flower on the front. You've made some wonderful wee clutches, I'm going to have to come back and have a proper look later. I love SMS Giveaway Day for discovering new blogs and for inspiration.

(Sorry if you get this more than once, it wouldn't let me post earlier in the day!)

I just wanted to say that I really like the design of the purse, and the fact you chose a simple fabric really draws the eye to the design elements. As cute as the purse is, my heart goes out to the camera strap! Handstamping is always fun and I like the variety of fabrics. I have a Canon PowerShot myself that definitely needs some sprucing up!

New follower here--I actually found you through your comment on the Great Dumbing Down Affair on piecemeal. :) Loved your comment, it was perfect. Thanks for this giveaway, and I look forward to reading your blog!

When you open the clutch and see that gorgeous fabric, wow. Great job, I am just now thinking of buying an SLR camera, do you have a favorite? I will check out your tutorial to make a strap as I know several people who could use one.Now I must go check out how to make that darling flower as well. Love blog hopping, glad I found you, a fellow Canadian.

About Me

I am a scientist and crafter living on Vancouver Island. I am inspired by nature and I am in love with the ocean. I mostly sew, felt, draw and paint, but I try new things all of the time. I have recently started blogging as a way to document and share all the stuff I make in my Tiny Apartment.